Logan Morrison out two to four weeks with foot injury

On the day that he found out he was probably headed for the disabled list, Marlins outfielder Logan Morrison retained his sense of humor before Thursday's game.

"I diagnosed with a lisfranc sprain. So I have a girl tendon sprain," Morrison said, using crutches because he has a hard cast on his left leg that starts just below his knee and covers most of his foot.

Morrison went on to describe some other problems created when he left the batter's box after hitting a ground ball in his first at-bat Tuesday night and will keep him out of the lineup from two to four weeks.

"I have a sprain on the side, on the inside part of it. They call that a variable tendon, so I am guessing they don't have a name for that, they haven't quite gotten there in anatomy," Morrison quipped.

But when asked how discouraging the injury was, Morrison turned serious.

"It sucks, man," said Morrison, who is hitting .327 and whose four home runs and 11 RBI lead the Marlins.

"He is a huge loss," Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez said the Marlins would likely put Morrison on the disabled list, but that a final decision would not be made until after Thursday's game.

Morrison will have the cast removed Monday and then will be reevaluated and could resume some activity. While he hopes he can stay off the disabled list, Morrison said he would understand if he was. "If that is what is best for the team, I am all for it," he said.

STEPPING UP: Morrison's four home runs represent half the total for the team, and he is the only Marlin with multiple home runs, and the only one with a double-digit RBI total.

"Someone is going to have to step up. He has been doing a great job," Rodriguez said.

Scott Cousins and Emilio Bonifacio will likely platoon in left field until Morrison returns, Rodriguez said, with Bryan Petersen likely to be called up from the minors if Morrison is put on the disabled list.

"We have to find a way to make it happen. We still have to play games," Rodriguez said.

STATUS QUO: Third baseman Donnie Murphy continues to struggle with inflammation in his left knee that has kept him out of the lineup since he fouled a ball off it Friday in Philadelphia.

Murphy was used as a defensive replacement in the ninth inning Tuesday and Wednesday, but is not ready to start.

"Running around for nine innings, I don't know if that will help us not being 100 percent," Murphy said. "It hasn't changed much in the last few days. As long as we are not going backward I guess it is a positive."